The Details:
It's 49 here at the house. The sunrise was at 5:35.
The Practice:
I went into The Studio to teach the 8-9:30 Taiji and Qigong class.
The focus this morning was on 'neutral postures'. I explained in detail. Here's a few things that were mentioned:
- Strive to use 'neutral postures'; first at the ends of postures, eventually throughout transitions.
- Imagine being pulled when you are in a forward bow stance, ensuring that you do not go too far forward.
- Imagine being pushed when you are all the way back as in Roll Back, ensuring that you do not go too far backward.
*The Standing posture Holding The Moon is a great example of a 'neutral posture'
I started with a Standing session using the standard arm positions and I added 'shift to one side' ala Play Guitar. Afterwards I described how I using Play Guitar to cultivate my Qi.
I also talked to the group about 'sinking one's Qi'
Next we did a round of The 10+ - I explained about a few of the principles that I use to progress 'internally'
Next we did a Round (right side) tuned into neutral postures.
We finished with a Healing Qigong then socializing and resting on the benches.